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• Manual for gender mainstreaming, social inclusion and social protection policies

  1 December 2008
  Gender mainstreaming has been integrated within the member state’s social inclusion process since 2006 and the first report about this method had been drawn in 2007. The fact that women are statistically more concerned by poverty or access problems to the labour market motivated this manual, in order to stimulate national reports.

• Universal Children Day – Focus on fight against child labour

  24 November 2008
  In their joint statement Commissioners Ferrero-Waldner, Ashton, Michel and Špidla stated that «Some 165 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are estimated to be currently involved in child labour. Child labour is a grave human rights’ violation and undermines efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education.

• Key messages from the Employment in Europe 2008 Report

  24 November 2008
  The Communication presents the key findings of the Employment in Europe 2008 report. According to the report in 2007 there was a net employment growth of 3,5 million in total employment. In the recent years migrants significantly contributed to the economic and employment growth. In the near future it can be expected an increase in the risks for employment.

• JLS acquis

  18 November 2008
  Consolidated and revised version October 2008

• External Borders Fund 2007-2013 – France

  10 November 2008
  The Commission has adopted the multiannual programme under the External Borders Fund 2007-2013 for France for an estimated amount of € 101.8 million, together with the first two annual programmes (2007 and 2008).

• Fonds pour les frontières extérieures 2007-2013 : France

  10 novembre 2008
  La Commission européenne a adopté le programme pluriannuel de mise en oeuvre du Fonds pour les frontières extérieures 2007-2013 présenté par la France, pour un montant estimé de 101,8 millions d’euros, assorti de ses deux premiers programmes annuels (2007 et 2008).

• Financial Services Provision and Prevention of Financial Exclusion

  10 November 2008
  This report on financial exclusion addresses questions such as the levels, causes and consequences of financial exclusion, who are those who are mostly exposed to financial exclusion and it formulates policy recommendations on the promotion of financial inclusion. Financial exclusion is very much linked to social exclusion.

• Report on the Application of Directive 2003/86/ec on the Right to Family Reunification

  4 November 2008
  On 22 September 2003 the Council adopted Directive 2003/86/EC setting out common rules on the exercise of the right to family reunification by third-country nationals residing lawfully in Member States (hereinafter «the Directive»). It applies to all Member States except IE, DK and the UK.

• Strengthening the Global Approach to Migration: Increasing Coordination, Coherence and Synergies

  4 November 2008
  The Global Approach to migration can be defined as the external dimension of the European Union’s migration policy. It is based on genuine partnership with third countries, is fully integrated into the EU’s other external policies, and addresses all migration and asylum issues in a comprehensive and balanced manner. Adopted in 2005, it illustrates the ambition of the European Union to establish an inter-sectoral framework to manage migration in a coherent way through political dialogue and close practical cooperation with third countries.

• Commission proposes a new information-sharing tool at EU level to better protect critical infrastructure

  28 October 2008
  The European Commission today proposed legislation on establishing a Critical Infrastructure Warning Information Network (CIWIN) to strengthen information-sharing on critical infrastructure protection between EU Member States.

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